Rusty Slipper proves radiant in Violet

Overheard, the 8-5 favorite among 10 fillies and mares, rallied belatedly for

second while never a threat to the winner, a neck better than the 17-1

Fasnacloich in third. Next came Why Katherine, Starstruck, Silsita, Scampering,

Lady Aspen, Triple Arch and Primed for Passion.

Green Wave Girl, Irish Mission, Nellie Cashman, She's Not Lazy and the

main-track only Brenda's Way were all withdrawn.

Rusty Slipper captured her first two career outings on the Tampa Bay Downs'

turf over the winter of 2012-13 and finished third when making her stakes bow in

the Florida Oaks. She was eased from her next start, the Appalachian at

Keeneland, and raced only once more at three, winning the Little Silver at

Monmouth in May 2013.

She's now earned $128,014 from a 7-4-0-0 record.

Bred in Kentucky by Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC, Rusty Slipper is out of the

multiple stakes-placed With Approval mare Classic Approval, the dam of multiple

Grade 2 hero Gulch Approval and stakes victor Approval Rating. The broodmare

also produced Moyne Abbey, the dam of Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong, who finished

a nose second in the Travers on Saturday.

Rusty Slipper's second maternal dam, multiple Grade 3 heroine Classic Value,

produced a pair of graded stakes winners, including Grade 2 queen Class Kris,

the dam of multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire and sire Student Council. There

are a number of other stakes conquerors in this immediate female family.

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